Is Bing Bong from ‘Inside Out’ a monster from Monsters Inc.?

Anger, Disgust, Fear, Happiness and Sadness — these are the first human emotions that control the feelings of Riley, a girl of just eleven years old and also the protagonist of ‘Inside Out’, a Pixar animated film released in June 2015. Now, in its sequence, the girl will receive new emotions: Anxiety, Envy), Shame and Boredom.

In addition to Riley and her emotions, the plot also features the participation of Bing Bong, the young girl’s imaginary friend and the person responsible for accompanying her in several fun moments during her childhood — sometimes with her improvised rocket.

Created through the girl’s creativity, it has an appearance that resembles cotton candy mixed with elements of a cat, elephant and dolphin, in addition to appearing accompanied by a sweet song that allows it to be in Riley’s company whenever she sings the verses. .

But what if Riley didn’t actually invent it? Well, this possibility ended up generating a theory, echoed by ScreenRant, which argues that Bing Bong is inspired by one of the creatures that work alongside Mike and Sulley in ‘Monsters Inc.’.

A brief context

The thesis was created based on the Theory Pixarwhich argues that all of the studio’s films are connected, forming one big, single story, released in random order in theaters.

With this in mind, it is necessary to return to the events of Monsters, Inc., since in the plot, the factory workers have the mission of collecting children’s screams, as the loud sound ended up generating energy for Monstropolis, the city they inhabit.

However, all this changes after they discover that laughter is more powerful than screams, making them stop scaring little ones in the later hours of the day and adopting the tactic of making them smile every time they walk through the doors. your rooms.

The theory

With this in mind, the theory argues that Bing Bong is a monster who used to visit Riley in the middle of the night, bringing many happy moments and marking the girl’s childhood to the point that she created an imaginary friend based on him, so that she could continue having fun and smiling in many other places.

The thesis also argues that, despite Alegria saying that the character is a product of Riley’s imagination, it is possible that the little girl did not realize that Bing Bong was not real and believed that he was imaginary the first time he appeared, just starting to reproduce this belief in your head over the years.

Furthermore, another point that leads the idea that connects the two films to gain strength is that the director, Pete Docterdirected both films.

A hope

It is worth remembering that, if proven, the theory could also bring some comfort to the hearts of Bing Bong’s lovers, since the character who ended up sacrificing himself in ‘Inside Out’ so that Alegria could continue the saga of saving Riley’s mental health, would continue alive and bringing fun moments to other children.